Wide Open – Inspiration and Techniques for Art Journaling on the Edge by Randi Feuerhelm-Watts.

It is a book and includes a set of cards.  The book can be used as a journal.  Each page has a background done by the author.  Some of the pages include inspiration and encouragement.

There are 50 cards.  each one has art on one side and instructions or prompts for the art, on the back side.   I’m not sure how to explain this set of cards.  They are very inspirational.  She has lots of unique ideas for journal pages.  She gives helpful advice for self-reflection.  Here is an example of one card:

On the back of this card, in part, it says:

“PHOTO STORIES

For some reason we prefer to keep writing and phots in their own boxes.  After all, a photo is supposed to speak for itself, right?

When you look at a photo, all you know is what you see.  Whether the viewers know you or not, it is up to them to figure out your story.  By adding text or dialogue directly to your photo, you will create a history of the subject.  In our modern time of keyboards and delete buttons, we have long since lost the art of the handwritten word.  Adding a handwritten connection gives the onlooker more to work with – more intimacy.”

I found this set of cards very inspiring.  Every card has things I have used or will use in my art journal.  I highly recommend this book.